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Lovie Smith receives 2-year contract extension through 2023
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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1431637" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>That's not the question. The question is what is in the best interests of the program moving forward.</p><p></p><p>I more or less think that sticking with Lovie is the right decision, and if we've gotten all this "stand by your man" stuff into the press and our recruits twitter accounts in exchange for a negligible increase to the buyout than it's a pretty clever job by our AD.</p><p></p><p>But the risks are pretty clear. If there is more roster turnover, that's a weaker program you're handing to the next coach. And we currently have 28-29ish rising scholarship juniors. We can only bring in 25 players in any given year. If Lovie adds more to that total with desperation win-now Juco additions (and there has been an uptick in Juco offers), every single one will represent an empty roster spot in 2021, potentially year two for the next coach.</p><p></p><p>So there is downside beyond just sitting through 12 more games of garbage and the opportunity cost of maybe missing out on your savior this offseason.</p><p></p><p>But there's upside too. This could work. Or even if it doesn't we could hand over a roster in pretty good shape next offseason, which will make us more attractive to potential coaches and give them a chance to hit the ground running.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1431637, member: 746137"] That's not the question. The question is what is in the best interests of the program moving forward. I more or less think that sticking with Lovie is the right decision, and if we've gotten all this "stand by your man" stuff into the press and our recruits twitter accounts in exchange for a negligible increase to the buyout than it's a pretty clever job by our AD. But the risks are pretty clear. If there is more roster turnover, that's a weaker program you're handing to the next coach. And we currently have 28-29ish rising scholarship juniors. We can only bring in 25 players in any given year. If Lovie adds more to that total with desperation win-now Juco additions (and there has been an uptick in Juco offers), every single one will represent an empty roster spot in 2021, potentially year two for the next coach. So there is downside beyond just sitting through 12 more games of garbage and the opportunity cost of maybe missing out on your savior this offseason. But there's upside too. This could work. Or even if it doesn't we could hand over a roster in pretty good shape next offseason, which will make us more attractive to potential coaches and give them a chance to hit the ground running. [/QUOTE]
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